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butcher??

  • 15-12-2010 8:41pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,161 ✭✭✭


    hi guys,

    Knocked a nice pricket (will post pics) this morning but my butcher not answering his phone (maybe on hols) anyone know a friendly clean butcher who has done some venison for them in the midwest region??
    PM please........

    not setup to do it myself (yet)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭dwighet


    hi guys,

    Knocked a nice pricket (will post pics) this morning but my butcher not answering his phone (maybe on hols) anyone know a friendly clean butcher who has done some venison for them in the midwest region??
    PM please........

    not setup to do it myself (yet)

    do it yourself...
    I`ve used the kitchen floor before..
    A sharp knife an a hacksaw will do the job..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,925 ✭✭✭BUACHAILL


    hi guys,

    Knocked a nice pricket (will post pics) this morning but my butcher not answering his phone (maybe on hols) anyone know a friendly clean butcher who has done some venison for them in the midwest region??
    PM please........

    not setup to do it myself (yet)


    Id say you cant get your butcher as he upto his goolies in December would seriously doubt he is on holidays, if he is he aint worth his salt !!

    I would do it myself anyway if you can its only one animal


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 649 ✭✭✭steyrman2


    hi plenty of tips on youtube you wont go wrong


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 118 ✭✭lamper35


    where in the midwest are u....i have no problem butchering it for u


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 353 ✭✭Alchemist2


    im sure you mean hobby butcher mate:) as you possibly couldnt expect a registered full time butcher to put his neck on the block:p in the case of a dept. official walking into his/her premises and find them butchering an unregistered carcas:)


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,072 ✭✭✭clivej


    Hang it up in an outside shed for a couple of days the temps are down at the mo.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭Tackleberrywho


    These days you'd be able to hang over a week outside, covered to avoid rats, or in a fridge if you can access one

    I've held deer in a fridge 10 days before butchering


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭tfox


    These days you'd be able to hang over a week outside, covered to avoid rats, or in a fridge if you can access one

    I've held deer in a fridge 10 days before butchering

    Hung a red pricket for 4 weeks, tastiest tenderest meat you ever ate !! No chewing involved, melt in your mouth meat !! :D

    Normally hang mine for 2 weeks, cold store cooler hasnt kicked in for a long time with this cold weather !!

    No prob with a butcher chopping it up in your premises, guy does reds for me, can do a big stag in 1 hour, chops it quicker than I can fill the bags, charges €25 which is ridiculously little ( always give him more ) !!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,161 ✭✭✭crackcrack30


    Tanx for replies guys got sorted but very disappointed with my (mate) butcher. he left me in the lurch and I won't be going back.......

    I'm Building a large domestic garage next spring/summer and will have a purpose built area for this ie. sink block/table, overhead pully, cooler the works and then yes Utube, its ideal for the newbe, step by step.

    cc30.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,925 ✭✭✭BUACHAILL


    why do posts keep dissapearing of this thread ???


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭Tackleberrywho


    Tanx for replies guys got sorted but very disappointed with my (mate) butcher. he left me in the lurch and I won't be going back.......

    I'm Building a large domestic garage next spring/summer and will have a purpose built area for this ie. sink block/table, overhead pully, cooler the works and then yes Utube, its ideal for the newbe, step by step.

    cc30.

    I learned to skin on goats, as the meat was dog meat it did not matter if I made a mistake.

    A pulley bis your friend, if you can swing him from ~9 feet it is easier skin as gravity helps you.
    Skin the thighs on the ground and use a pulley to raise it up after.

    Keep the carcass as dry as you can, use a basin of warm water to wash a rag, rinse it out and rub off any excess blood/hair or grime with it.

    Secret is having the place prepared before you start, last deer I skinned I had to take half the shed and place it in the yard first.

    If you put a floor in a shed, power float it first, and paint it with rubberised paint, blood is like acid and will eat concrete.

    Invest in a butchers apron, or if you are a red-neck like me, a bin liner :D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 118 ✭✭lamper35


    I learned to skin on goats, as the meat was dog meat it did not matter if I made a mistake.

    A pulley bis your friend, if you can swing him from ~9 feet it is easier skin as gravity helps you.
    Skin the thighs on the ground and use a pulley to raise it up after.

    Keep the carcass as dry as you can, use a basin of warm water to wash a rag, rinse it out and rub off any excess blood/hair or grime with it.

    Secret is having the place prepared before you start, last deer I skinned I had to take half the shed and place it in the yard first.

    If you put a floor in a shed, power float it first, and paint it with rubberised paint, blood is like acid and will eat concrete.

    Invest in a butchers apron, or if you are a red-neck like me, a bin liner :D


    rubberised paint..............if ur starting out just throw some wood shavings or saw dust under where it hangs easily bought in local co.ops ..small money for big bags it will soak up all the blood and water u spill and easy too dispose of(compost)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭Tackleberrywho


    lamper35 wrote: »
    rubberised paint..............if ur starting out just throw some wood shavings or saw dust under where it hangs easily bought in local co.ops ..small money for big bags it will soak up all the blood and water u spill and easy too dispose of(compost)

    Rubberised paint is not expensive, and it keeps the place very clean

    first google search I found had it.
    paints straight on top concrete and stops soakege and stains.

    He did say he was building a shed!
    Easier to do it when building than later when the place is full of junk, just my 2 cents

    http://www.nwepaints.co.uk/acatalog/Chlorinated_Rubber___Pool_Paint.html


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,161 ✭✭✭crackcrack30




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭Tackleberrywho



    Nice eating there, nice knife too!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11 the lough


    hi lads im new to the site started shooting deer 2yrs ago .
    how long do you hang your deer for


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭Tackleberrywho


    the lough wrote: »
    hi lads im new to the site started shooting deer 2yrs ago .
    how long do you hang your deer for

    Between 4 and 14 days depending on where (in a chill/fridge or shed) and the age of the animal, the younger the shorter you have to hang as a rule of thumb


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭One shot on kill


    is there a way to know when to take him down
    i dont shoot dear so ive no idea of what the process would be


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭Tackleberrywho


    is there a way to know when to take him down
    i dont shoot dear so ive no idea of what the process would be

    Once the meat is firm to cut I'm happy.

    Hard to describe in words. The meat is kind of dry to touch if that makes sense


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,616 ✭✭✭FISMA


    Once the meat is firm to cut I'm happy.

    Hard to describe in words. The meat is kind of dry to touch if that makes sense

    Tackle,
    If I took a deer in the current weather, how long would you let him hang in the garage? I am giving about three days.

    Skin off immediately or do you wait?

    What do you cover your deer with? Is there anyone that sells those butcher bags?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭daithi55


    guys to butcher a deer look here tells ya how long to hang
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056139298


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭Tackleberrywho


    FISMA wrote: »
    Tackle,
    If I took a deer in the current weather, how long would you let him hang in the garage? I am giving about three days.

    Skin off immediately or do you wait?

    What do you cover your deer with? Is there anyone that sells those butcher bags?

    This week ~`10 degrees, outside, in a darkened shed, 3-4 days
    With a deer bag.

    I have a finches orange fridge so daily temp not a major concern.
    If it is averaging 4 degrees out, a dark shed is as good as a fridge.

    Prior to my fridge, which I have 5 years or more, I hung in garage, Sept 2005/6 was very hot and a deer was destroyed on me by heat and bluefly.

    Never again says I! Got fridge soon after.

    but, there has been several threads on this, I have carcass off, others say leave on!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11 the lough


    i have a 3- 4yr old doe in fridge how long would you hang that for


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,590 ✭✭✭Tackleberrywho


    the lough wrote: »
    i have a 3- 4yr old doe in fridge how long would you hang that for

    Next Tuesday I'd say. She could be tough enough to even leave 10 days in a fridge. I prefer to eat young bucks or doe fawns. Having a nice pricket for lunch today!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11 the lough


    its 10 days today, maybe i should just mince the whole lot,got a fawn
    christmas eve that was tender ok,only hung that for a week.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,072 ✭✭✭clivej


    the lough wrote: »
    i have a 3- 4yr old doe in fridge how long would you hang that for
    the lough wrote: »
    its 10 days today, maybe i should just mince the whole lot,got a fawn
    christmas eve that was tender ok,only hung that for a week.


    I leave all my bucks and does 14 days and they taste the best IMO. I have eaten a calf after a couple of days in the cooler as they will be OK at that.
    Don't you dare just mince that vension it's to good to waste.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 11 the lough


    burgers,shepards pie,spagetti bolegnase the main meals in our house
    big demand for mince.roasted the legs of the fawn for new years day,yum yum


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 184 ✭✭custom 7mm08


    just wondering i taught that it was does and anterless only for the last two months of the season dont have my licence to hand but it should be on the back of your licence


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,072 ✭✭✭clivej


    just wondering i taught that it was does and anterless only for the last two months of the season dont have my licence to hand but it should be on the back of your licence


    That's correct.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 108 ✭✭Bunny Buster


    I'm surprised No.6 hasn't added to this post yet!!:eek::eek: He has shot a few nice deer over the past season or two. I went down to him once when he was butchering one ( young doe ). As far as I know it was left hanging for about 3/4 days, ( definitely no longer ). Relatively easy to butcher, all you need is a good knife, 10ft high wall, a bandstand and half of a stainless steel ladder!! A bit of creativity is a help too, then again, I think the last sentence covered that angle!! :P:P:P


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